Bill > SB1203

This bill, commencing July 1, 2028, significantly reforms the training and reporting requirements for security services in California. It increases the required training hours for proprietary private security officers to 42 hours, including a new emphasis on de-escalation skills through in-person role-playing, and mandates that employers compensate employees for this training. The bill also enhances reporting requirements for incidents involving firearm discharge or physical altercations, requiring the inclusion of the apparent race and gender of the public member involved and whether the security officer had received all necessary training. Furthermore, it increases administrative fines for violations by proprietary private security employers, with a maximum fine of $10,000 per violation, and mandates the development of a standard curriculum for training on implicit and explicit bias, racial profiling, and the use of firearms. The bill also revises firearm training requirements, increasing the classroom instruction for initial firearms qualification to 16 hours, and establishes a new process for developing wage orders for the property services industry.